as in prairie
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country a report on the arctic tundra of Alaska and the polar bears that inhabit that vast, frozen plain

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Recent Examples of tundra Morrow and Turner bickered their way in and out of romance amid the tundra and always called one another by their last names, which was weirdly endearing. Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 6 May 2025 There are desert badlands, frosty tundra, underwater temples, shipwrecks, lush caves teeming with life, and much more. Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2025 Unlike tundras, the somewhat milder boreal forests are more often experiencing strong carbon uptake due to longer summers, offsetting the non-summer emissions. Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025 In the meantime, Starlink’s internet service is now also in planes, in ships at sea, in deep jungles, tundras, and deserts. Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for tundra
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Noun
  • With the prairie getting plowed under and replaced almost completely by farmland, the prairie chicken lost its habitat, and is nearly extinct in Illinois.
    Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
  • The researchers also analyzed tiny plant remains fossilizing in the cubs’ stomachs, revealing that the wolves lived in a dry, somewhat mild environment that could support diverse vegetation including prairie grasses, willows and shrub leaves.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 14 June 2025
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  • Unclaimed lands, especially on the forested edges of the steppe, were offered to settlers, creating ideal conditions for hunter ticks.
    Sean Lawrence, The Conversation, 18 June 2025
  • Modern Europeans descend from three main ancestral populations: hunter-gatherers who colonized the continent by around 40,000 years ago, early farmers from Anatolia who came into Europe about 8,500 years ago, and pastoralists from the Pontic-Caspian steppe who arrived around 5,000 years ago.
    Kermit Pattison, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
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  • The landscape, a combination of kopjes and plains, also make for stellar sunrises and sunsets.
    Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • As the moon progresses through the different phases of the lunar calendar, the sun's light throws new impact sites, barren plains, and swathes of broken landscapes into relief as prime targets for amateur astronomers wielding binoculars and backyard telescopes.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 21 June 2025
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  • Guests can also join hands-on conservation efforts—grassland restoration, snare-removal missions—to bring deeper meaning to their stay.
    Melanie van Zyl, AFAR Media, 16 June 2025
  • The latest advisories covered fire weather zones across the Kittitas Valley, central Washington, southern Oregon grasslands, and portions of Idaho.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
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  • Less well known is their critical role in helping dead things disappear—piles of leaves and rotting stumps, the rat in the street, the elephant on the savanna, the contents of your compost bin.
    Madeline Bodin, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
  • Black mambas are often seen cruising the savanna with their head and neck held high, using their keen eyesight to scan for danger or track prey – typically small mammals such as hyraxes, bush babies, and rodents.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025

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“Tundra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tundra. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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